On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 08:56:45PM -1000, david wrote: > On 02/16/2013 08:23 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > >That what "apt-cache policy <pkgname>", and "apt-cache show <pkgname>" > >are for. I don't see how you can call the command lines crptic! > > OK. How can I use apt-get to tell me exactly what "pkgname" is when > I don't know what the package is named? Or grab a package's > changelog? "apt-cache search <term>" "apt-get changelog <pkgname>" > >Also my comment was just pointing out that if you have synaptic > >installed you can't honestly claim that you have a "truly minimum > >desktop" > > I don't claim to have a "truly minimum desktop" installed. I used to Ahh! OK. Apologies. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user